I love the grey body on that one too..and i KNOW what you mean..i am constantly "window shopping" i JUSt got my second Kyusu..ok well my third but one was the unfortunate victim of my one year old..so it no longer exisists...

iannon wrote:I love the grey body on that one too..and i KNOW what you mean..i am constantly "window shopping" i JUSt got my second Kyusu..ok well my third but one was the unfortunate victim of my one year old..so it no longer exisists...

It's actually a green body, but it does look somewhat gray in the photo.

iannon wrote:I love the grey body on that one too..and i KNOW what you mean..i am constantly "window shopping" i JUSt got my second Kyusu..ok well my third but one was the unfortunate victim of my one year old..so it no longer exisists...

It's actually a green body, but it does look somewhat gray in the photo.

Yes it is such a wonderful Kyusu... I do not wish to speak badly about Deishi or Seigan, but I almost feel their works are so over exposed in the Western Tea world that it takes a really special piece of theirs to stand out. As I hate to say it certain artists are often based around a comfort zone, and it takes a truely exceptional artist to consistently break free from those comfort zones and succeed mosst of the time.

But Kashun is new and fresh and I'm in love with my Kashun piece so I love drolling over his wares.

I just picked up this one from Yuuki-Cha, I've had my eye on it for some time. It has an obi-ami screen, but I've been very happy with the performance of my Den's obi-ami kyusu so I expect this one to also work well for me. Maybe a sasame next time ...

Quick question, this is my first unglazed kyusu, should I soak it before use to remove dust etc.? And as far as actual use, it'll brew a lot of sencha, but I also enjoy houjicha in the evenings; if I brew houjicha in this pot, is it going to pick up some of the roasted character and pass it on to my sencha brews? I was planning on taking the Den's glazed kyusu to work, but may need to keep it at home for a while for my evening tea if it's a problem doing sencha and houjicha in the same unglazed pot.